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The real estate consultant : your strategic right hand man for real estate questions

In a world in which the strategic decisions of a company are more and more critical for its future, in an economic environment subject to change and in which flexibility and proactivity are essential, it is vital for a company to adjust its real estate situation to the reality of its economic model.

Whatever the size of your assets and whether you are a tenant or an owner in Belgium or abroad, Aerts & Aronowitz and its numerous real estate consultants are at your disposal to respond in a professional manner to the strategic real estate stakes of your company.

A few examples of consultancy in property management :

• Is the size of your premises suited to encouraging the development of your company?
• Reducing property costs: are your costs in line with the average for the sector and with market standards? Should you rent or buy a commercial property?
• Is the interior layout and furnishing of your premises likely to attract new talent and encourage the team-work necessary to the development of your company?
• Where should you locate your new premises following a decision to expand?
• What are the estimated costs for moving your company offices, warehouses or retail space in Belgium or abroad?
• Can you benefit from fiscal advantages in Belgium, such as deductions for investment costs?

These are just some of the questions to which ourteam, composed of real estate consultants, can supply you with specific answers, suited to your requirements and leading you to effective and proactive decisions.

Our 'Consulting' service calls upon the experience of a team of professionals active in the world of commercial real estate for more than 10 years. These experts bring together skills in property valuations with up to date technical and financial knowledge. 
We offer you a real partnership, offering you a made to measure service based on very high quality professionalism.

Fit-out or renovate the space of tomorrow

Renovation of your offices or your retail space

The Project Development department has more than 10 years' experience in the layout, renovation and construction of residential, industrial and retail spaces. Our multi-disciplinary team is made up of around a dozen professionals with varying backgrounds including engineers, architects, interior architects. I t offers you a varied range of knowledge and a personalised overall service.

Our complete service comprises :

• studying and defining the specific needs of your company
• a detailed calculation of a competitive budget
• carrying out your plans and your layout project under the leadership of one of our interior architects
• a thorough follow-up of your work project

Our interior architects and our experts have a total comprehension of the market. Our experts carry out the layout for every size of company. The satisfaction of our clients, expressed on many occasions both in Belgium and abroad, is the best guarantee of the quality of our service.
Without the slightest doubt, Aerts & Aronowitz is a major player for contractor companies and has very precise knowledge of market prices for all types of layout. This considerable negotiating power enables us to obtain the most competitive prices, enabling our clients to benefit from substantial savings by comparison with the initially scheduled budget.

A high quality service for real estate transactions abroad

In order to assist your company in the efficient and proactive management of your real estate portfolio, we are able to offer you a transaction coordination service: 'Transaction Management'.

We concentrate on decreasing your occupation costs and increasing your flexibility with in-depth knowledge of local and international markets. Our expert dedicated to your company, your Aerts & Aronowitz Transaction Manager, is in permanent contact with his or her colleagues across the world, experts in local markets, to provide a service  executed in a standard manner and in line with the performance criteria demanded by you and by Aerts & Aronowitz.
Together, we guarantee to obtain the best market conditions for the space which meets your expectations, and at the ideal moment. With a portfolio suited to the scale of expansion of your activities and with costs kept under control, your company will be better equipped to face the challenges of tomorrow, which will help it achieve its objectives under the best conditions.

Our ‘Capital Markets’ team brings together capital and opportunities at European and worldwide levels

Undertake your company real estate investments with a strong partner

Aerts & Aronowitz, assists owners in their selection and sales strategies for their assets (residential, offices, retail and industrial property etc.) and works with Belgian and international investors  to identify opportunities and transact acquisitions.

Our team of investment professionals allies a profound knowledge of real estate markets with a recognised capacity for handling operations of all sizes involving office and retail assets, industrial premises and logistics platforms.

From the investment opportunity to the sale or acquisition

Market knowledge

The presence of Aerts & Aronowitz within all of the real estate sector professions enables us to benefit from permanent knowledge of buildings, the markets and its trends. Our 'Research' team puts this information into perspective in order to anticipate market evolution and guarantee the quality of our recommendations.

Taking charge of all types of operation

We work in the sector of offices, retail, industrial premises and logistics platforms, both for individual assets and for mixed national and international portfolios.  We adapt our services to the needs of our clients, from the preliminary analysis of assets to the total management of a sale or acquisition.

Overall response for investors

A high degree of synergy between the Aerts & Aronowitz teams means that we have the capacity to respond to all of the requirements of investors with the same quality of service. Our internal organisation, focused on client service, enables us to deploy all of the required skills for carrying out an operation.

International scale

In order to provide our clients with privileged access to foreign capital and international investment opportunities, we are able to call upon an extended database.

Real estate valuations for all types of company holdings

Aerts & Aronowitz Valuation and Advisory Belgium assists its clients, in Belgium and at an international level, in establishing the value of their portfolios and within the framework of missions involving strategic considerations.

Our teams of consultants undertake financial audits for all of the following types of real estate assets :

• Offices (office buildings, shared office space…)
• Retail (ground floors, shopping centres, retail parks)
• Industrial premises and logistics platforms
• Specific assets (airports, car parks, data centres etc.)

A made to measure valuations service

Are you a bank or a lending institution wishing to undertake a valuation within the framework of financing or refinancing an asset?

You are an investor, a developer, a REIT (former SICAFI), an occupant (including the public and semi-public sector) or a retailer and you wish to establish the value of your portfolio or of an asset for :

• Your accounting needs?
• Arbitrage for a sale or acquisition?
• Deciding on outsourcing?
• Taking a strategic decision?

In order to assist you in determining values, we offer several types of service : 

1. Determination of  'market value' or 'fair value'
2. Determination of the 'rental value of an asset (rental price)
3. Separation of land / constructions / other elements

Strategic considerations via various types of advisory missions

An international, experienced and independent team

The size and organisation of our team of experts (advisors, consultants and auditors), along with competence in real estate valuation and technical and financial knowledge, guarantees you efficiency and reactivity whatever the issues, or the size or type of your assets.

Our team, mostly composed of senior professionals and Chartered Surveyors, stands out for its experience in handling complex cases, restructuring operations and development projects.
Our professional code of ethics, inspired by the Anglo-Saxon model and specific elements deployed internally, perfectly respond to the demands of our clients in terms of transparency and confidentiality.

In order to ensure that our valuations are firmly rooted in the reality of the markets and to anticipate evolutions as accurately as possible, we call on the experience of the Aerts & Aronowitz team and on prospective analyses carried out by our Research team at Belgian and international level.